UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Medical Center Program

Internal Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 18, 2026

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Medical Center Program

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Internal Medicine, located in Los Angeles, California, directed by Lisa M. Skinner, MD and coordinated by Tricia Barrow. The program accepts applications through November 1, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at tbarrow@mednet.ucla.edu or (310) 825-7375. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

UCLA's Internal Medicine Residency is a large, university-based academic program explicitly oriented toward academic medicine, offering categorical, Primary Care, Medicine-Pediatrics, and STAR/Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) tracks with distinct NRMP lines and mission fit. Research infrastructure is substantial and formalized: subspecialty-specific Research Champions, structured resident matching to faculty mentors, a Solomon Scholars Research Day, and a dedicated PSTP for those with strong prior research backgrounds. The program layers five elective pathways (Medical Education, Health Systems & Management, Global Health, Health Equity & Advocacy, Research) atop core training, plus certificates in hospital medicine and point-of-care ultrasound, reflecting an emphasis on individualized career-shaping within a broad academic chassis. Rotations at the VA Greater Los Angeles alongside UCLA's tertiary/quaternary academic center suggest a training environment valuing both breadth of pathology and structured, mentorship-heavy career development toward fellowship or academic careers.

Who it fits

An academically ambitious applicant with demonstrated scholarship or research experience, a defined subspecialty or physician-scientist trajectory, and interest in using elective pathways to formalize a specific non-clinical career interest (education, health equity, global health, or health systems) alongside subspecialty fellowship training.

Research intensity

Strong - research is structurally supported through Research Champions, resident-faculty matching, protected scholarship time via pathways, and a dedicated PSTP track for physician-scientist applicants, though not universally mandatory for all residents.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Academic Medicine, Physician-Scientist

Important

All residents across every track rotate at the Greater Los Angeles VA and must be able to work there; the program does not track or factor statements of interest/intent into ranking, and offers no in-person second looks.

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Internal Medicine

Deadline 11/01/2026

27 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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